Paroles de 2014

Back in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never die

The year is 2004, people talk about warI had to hit the floor when the bombs began to pourTen minutes ago i was mad 'cause my stomach was grumblingNow the whole world is crumbling

I hear people scream across the street gettin' crushedThis went on for twenty minutes then the whole world hushedI couldn't see shit but i could feel myself breathin'Damn, i'm still kickin' but i'm just not believin'

I give thanks to god then i'm off on my missionAin't no stars in the sky so it ain't no wishin'I wonder, i wonder, i just can't understandWhy am i the last man?

Back in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never die

These crazy thoughts in my head won't stopWhere's my moms and my pops and what about hip-hopI'm pickin' up things that could be of use to meTo build a makeshift crib where hollywood used to be

And it ain't no forties, it ain't no bluntsI ain't had no ass in five years and eight monthsFive more years pass and i still surviveAnd i'm through with wonderin' who's still alive

Until one day i'm just walkin' alongAnd i hear this kid singin' a hip-hop songHe said, "that's the way it is and it's like that"I said, "yo kid c'mere, where you learn that song at?"

He said, "my daddy taught me about the hip-hop gameI'm eight years old and rakim is my name"He said, "yo i'll take you to him, come follow meBut first you gotta prove that you can mc"

So i cleared my throat got in a b-boy stanceAnd i ran through a rhyme that made him piss in his pantsWith tears in his eyes, he grabbed me by the handAnd then we ran, ten miles across the sand

He took me to the spot, dig deep undergroundWhere i can hear the sound of the big bass poundI wasn't really sure but i swore we smelled blunt smokeNo joke loc, well can i get a toke?

He took me to his pops and he handed me a spliffAnd out behind the wall came tash and e-swiftThey took me to a freestyle session it was onI knew hip-hop would never be goneFive hundred hip-hop deepYo, we cool in 2014, alkaholiks still rulin'

Back in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never dieBack in the days, i knew rap would never die

It's gonna live foreverThis goes out to the p-town, (incomprehensible)Know what i'm sayin'?(back in the days, i knew rap would never die)Check it out(back in the days, i knew rap would never die)(back in the days, i knew rap would never die)

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